Who Was Alive

Were Friedrich Engels and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Friedrich Engels and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1889 to 1895.

Friedrich Engels was 68 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 6 when Friedrich Engels died, aged 74.

Friedrich Engels

German philosopher, sociologist and economist

Born 28 November 1820 · died 5 August 1895, aged 74

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Friedrich Engels
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
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Friedrich Engels and Adolf Hitler in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.